Romford Town (ward)

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Romford Town
Former electoral ward
for the Havering London Borough Council
Romford Town (ward)
Romford Town ward boundaries
Borough Havering
County Greater London
Population15,921 (2011)
Electorate12,864 (2018)
Major settlements Romford
Former electoral ward
Created2002
Abolished2022
Councillors3
Replaced by
ONS code 00ARGR
GSS code E05000319

Romford Town was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering from 2002 to 2022. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections and last used at the 2018 elections. It returned three councillors to Havering London Borough Council.

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List of councillors

The ward was represented by three councillors. [1] [2]

TermCouncillorParty
2002–2014Andrew Curtin Conservative
2002–2018Wendy Brice-Thompson Conservative
2002–2018Frederick Thompson Conservative
2014–2022Joshua Chapman Conservative
2018–2022Judith Holt Conservative
2018–2022Nisha Patel Conservative

Havering council elections

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. [3]

2018 Havering London Borough Council election: Romford Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joshua Chapman 2,617 56.6
Conservative Judith Holt 2,462 53.2
Conservative Nisha Patel 2,102 45.4
Labour Neil Cassidy1,47831.9
Labour Emma Hamblett1,44331.2
Labour Michael Yore1,28827.8
Green David Hughes4229.1
Liberal Democrats Kerrie Salt3457.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Clarke3447.4
UKIP Tyrone Patten-Walsh3447.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Sanderson3237.0
Turnout 36.06%
Majority 624
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. [4]

2014 Havering London Borough Council election: Romford Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Brice-Thompson 2,067
Conservative Joshua Chapman 1,946
Conservative Frederick Thompson 1,680
Independent Andrew Curtin [a] 1,477
UKIP Bradley Whitby1,467
Labour Neil Brindley1,118
Labour Michael Yore945
Labour Stephen Jaques926
Green Amanda Haines639
Liberal Democrats John Deeks255
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [6]

2010 Havering London Borough Council election: Romford Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Curtin 3,198
Conservative Wendy Brice-Thompson 3,186
Conservative Frederick Thompson 2,993
Labour James Maker1,612
Labour Pervez Badruddin1,564
Labour Olajide Omotayo1,518
Residents Duncan Macpherson1,173
Residents Julie Porter1,149
Residents Edward Mckiernan1,123
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. [7]

2006 Havering London Borough Council election: Romford Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Curtin 1,925 52.6
Conservative Wendy Brice-Thompson 1,902
Conservative Frederick Thompson 1,781
Residents Edward McKiernan81222.2
Residents Pamela Wilkes769
Residents Julie Porter764
Labour Neil Brindley72419.8
Labour Susan Shaw686
Labour Penelope White653
Independent Madelaine Marsden1975.4
Independent Michael Davis195
Independent Daniel Mannix163
Turnout 35.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. [8] As an experiment, it was a postal voting election, with the option to hand the papers in on election day.

2002 Havering London Borough Council election: Romford Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Curtin 2,336
Conservative Wendy Brice-Thompson 2,312
Conservative Frederick Thompson 2,238
Labour Angela Durso1,205
Labour Robert Kilbey1,143
Labour Peter McInerney1,130
Liberal Democrats Peter Davies710
Liberal Democrats Renee Giller609
Liberal Democrats John Porter605
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

  1. Andrew Curtin was not selected as a Conservative candidate for the 2014 election and stood as an independent. [5]

References

  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Havering Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. "1964 London Borough of Havering local election results". Havering Council. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  3. Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. Nunn, Amanda (31 January 2014). "'Fabrication' - deselected Romford councillor Andrew Curtin slams appeal decision report". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  6. Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.